disolitude said:
Ail said:
disolitude said:
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Xbox 360 has full installs too and loading time is slowed down by the disk verification. The DVD drive on Xbox 360 spins quite frequently so I'm guessing the disk verification is performed quite frequently. There is no reason to believe next gen consoles won't work the same way. I doubt the verification will be done once and then you play the game off the hard drive 100%
In terms of background updates, you still have to play your game to get the update even if it installs in the background. Your digital library would be updated if you're watching football or playing a different game. Its something you really wouldn't even see or think about with digital where on Xbox 360 you get warnings from time to time "you must install this update before connecting to Xbox live". Dunno where PS3 is at in terms of updates but last time I checked it had them just like Xbox 360.
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If you have PS+ you get auto update of your games at the time of your choosing ( mine update every night at 4 am).
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Gotcha...didn't know this. That's cool then.
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to the disc checking: i didn't think about that. ps3 doesn't have full game installs so i guess i got caught with my pants down on that one. :P
as Ail said, ps+'s autoupdate does it if you want to allow it. it's not fool proof -- if an update lands after 3am (for my) and i play it that day i can still get caught with the need to update. now-a-days i only really see it when i buy a new game and have to immediatly update for the latest patches. no clue why when buying a game the patches aren't already applied but it is what it is.
